C/2012 S1

Summary

C/2012 S1 is a sungrazing comet^[1]. It draws 49 Wikipedia views per month (sungrazing_comet category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2]

Key Facts

• C/2012 S1 is credited with the discovery of Vitaly Nevski^[3].
• C/2012 S1 is credited with the discovery of Artyom Novichonok^[4].
• C/2012 S1's image is recorded as A Unique Hubble View of Comet ISON.jpg^[5].
• C/2012 S1's instance of is recorded as sungrazing comet^[6].
• C/2012 S1's instance of is recorded as hyperbolic comet^[7].
• C/2012 S1's Commons category is recorded as C/2012 S1^[8].
• C/2012 S1's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• C/2012 S1's provisional designation is recorded as C/2012 S1^[10].
• C/2012 S1's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-09-21T00:00:00Z^[11].
• C/2012 S1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0n3s_z3^[12].
• C/2012 S1's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 1003203^[13].
• C/2012 S1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.0000021'}^[14].
• C/2012 S1's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.000005095690719'}^[15].
• C/2012 S1's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.2'}^[16].
• C/2012 S1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+62.39925'}^[17].
• C/2012 S1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+62.16289397901024'}^[18].
• C/2012 S1's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+295.6865418045648'}^[19].
• C/2012 S1's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '-2446.520761814393'}^[20].
• C/2012 S1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.012444'}^[21].
• C/2012 S1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.0124667131396643'}^[22].
• C/2012 S1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+345.56449'}^[23].
• C/2012 S1's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+345.5411989420559'}^[24].
• C/2012 S1's periapsis date is recorded as +2013-00-00T00:00:00Z^[25].
• C/2012 S1's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-0.001724780901920006'}^[26].
• C/2012 S1's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as CK12S010^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Vitaly Nevski^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1995^[29], of Belarus^[30], awarded the Edgar Wilson Award^[31] and Artyom Novichonok^[4], an astronomer^[32], b. 1988^[33], of Russia^[34], awarded the Edgar Wilson Award^[35], specialised in astronomy^[36].

Why It Matters

C/2012 S1 draws 49 Wikipedia views per month (sungrazing_comet category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]